Posts in the "Save Money" Category

  • Finding Lessons In Finding Nemo

    When it comes to animated movies, there are only two camps: Pixar or Dreamworks. For me, you can only pledge allegiance to one while totally ignoring the movies (and merits) of the other. Monsters, Inc. hooked me, The Incredibles kept me going, and Up! pretty much made me a believer for life. Somewhere in there is Finding Nemo and when I finally decided bestow upon my son the same loyalty the other night, I noticed that there were some financial lessons in there for grown ups too.

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  • Who Wants To Be (Perceived) A Millionaire?

    It just didn’t make sense.

    The guy who was in front of me was wearing expensive brand name clothing. His hooded sweatshirt had the logo of a huge rhino and so did his back jeans pocket. Actually, I think his shoes had the same logo too. He looked like he had just stepped out of a music video. I half wondered if there was a Bugatti Veyron parked in the supermarket parking lot.

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  • Who Is On Your Naughty List?

    A recent article talked about what many economists and experts are expecting to happen this holiday shopping season. More people will cut back on their gift budgets and will become very mindful of their credit card usage. It is a natural reaction to rising debt I suppose.

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  • Discouragement

    This is the other key to saving.

    They say that you can train and form certain sets of behavior either through positive reinforcement or negative reinforcement. We have already discussed how motivation is essential in keeping your focus on saving. By having a goal, it becomes easy to find the will power to stop yourself from spending money unnecessarily. Having a constant reminder of what you are saving for is a positive way to establish a pattern that will help you achieve a goal.

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  • What Makes Us Special?

    The Nerve of Some People

    A couple of days ago, on my commute to work, an accident almost happened right in front of my eyes. I slammed on my brakes and craned my neck to see why the cars in front of me had stopped. What I saw still raises my temper today.

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  • Journey of 1000 Miles: Part II of III

    My first car

    I remember the first time I thought I could afford to buy a car. For a long time, I dreamt about owning Jeep Wrangler and taking it off-roading in the deserts of the Southwest. It was literally the car of my dreams and I was going to take it on many adventures.

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  • There Is A Monster Under Your Bed

    And sometimes it hides in your sock drawers too

    It eats money. The biggest reason that it is foolish to hide your money in these popular hiding places is the fact that inflation exists. Inflation can get to your money in your piggy banks and pretty much anywhere else you can think of hiding it.

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  • This is the key to saving.

    For other stuff it’s easy. It is easy to find motivation to get out of debt because the prospect of not having to pay any more credit card bills is like winning the lottery. And motivation for investing is almost built-in to the addictiveness of success. But saving… well…

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